@causeimdanjones.bsky.social @danfloydplus.bsky.social Happy Birthday to You has been officially public domain for more than a decade. Yes I paused the video specifically for this because it is my personal mission to kill this particular meme stone dead. Thank you.

In failing to invent God, the tech industry has successfully invented the devil.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Don't have any complex opinions re: Hank Green. As regards his AI controversy, good to hear he wasn't using it to write actual scripts; but clear implication that the lure of "ease of use" vs "pressure of backlog" triggered something like real addiction danger is part of why I don't touch the stuff

AI may not be able to write like a human, but accidentally clicking on a fanon wiki when looking for real information has shown me that humans can absolutely write like a hallucinating AI.

@prozdishere.bsky.social has made perhaps his most relatable skit to date. I'll pass on the shonen, give me Oddtaxi, Kaiji, and To Your Eternity (to name a few). www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGA...

people recommending anime to me

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Finally, someone is making deep, insightful stories exploring the ugliness of the carceral state and its fragility in the face of collective action.

Grebcomics 🐸@grebcomics.bsky.social · 4w ago

Pengi to the rescue!!! 🐸🐧

So Lindsey Graham died of a "brief and sudden illness" just ahead of a midterms in which Democrats are expected to sweep and likely begin holding people accountable, and the guy who usually obstructs shit like that likely just dropped dead a week ago? Hmm... www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1O2...

Goodfellas Layla Scene

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Islamophobia. Like I thought we had that one on lock but wooooo boy we ain't got nothin' on Europe. Transphobia, too, if we're including the UK (fair play if not, though, since they voted themselves out).

The Liberal BoJack@thelibbojack.bsky.social · last mo.

Name one thing that Europe does better than the United States. I'll go first: Public transportation.

Rewatching Adult Swim alumni s-CRY-ed and I forgot just how much this over-the-top action anime has to say about the carceral state and antagonistic policing of low-income areas. Ryuho just going full "It's Chi-raq, you wouldn't get it!" at Mimori in episode 4.

Sony trying to murder the concept of physical media is one of the worst things to happen to video games in decades, but, silver lining, it brought The Game Overthinker out of retirement. Hopefully I'm not the only person excited about that.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · last mo.

Do not adjust your sets 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Wt...

Hey, everyone, remember when people on Youtube would just, like, make jokes, poke fun at stuff, and just be entertaining, and they weren't trying to grift about this or that company "dying" or whatever? Well, Bob's bringing it back. Go watch it. And maybe do some Patreon/Ko-fi if you can.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · last mo.

Yes, you've seen Comedy News Programs before ...BUT! Have you seen one ON THE INTERNET presented by a middle-aged comedian you vaguely remember finding funny back in the early-to-mid-2000s? ...You have. Well, maybe watch anyway. Air conditioning costs money 🙏😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdY...

Review - "THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - THE LAST ACT" www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwgE...

Review - THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT

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Congrats to @glitchprod.com and the whole #TADC cast and crew for an excellent finale. For the sake of politeness, I'll reserve my more detailed thoughts for a reply to this post, so those who haven't watched it won't pick up even hints of spoilers, but suffice it to say that it stuck the landing.

Okay, since "Japanese people losing their minds over American food" seems to be A Thing this week, let's try to remember that it's a bit of a cultural trend in Japan to be hyperbolically positive about food (as described in the linked video). www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtnV...

Why I HATE Japanese TV

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On the one hand, it's been a hell of a ride learning all about shows on Nick that were before my time, many of which I'd never even heard of before, but it's going to be just as much fun learning everything I didn't already know about the shows I actually grew up on.

Pop Arena@poparena.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Doug - Nick Knacks Episode #110 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik4k...

Turns out this was a big let-down for a critic who's also a big He-Man fan, so hopefully a few extra clicks and/or Patreon/Ko-Fi dollars will help cheer him up.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Review: "MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE" (2026) This wasn't very good and I'm probably going to be in a foul mood about it all Summer now 😡 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dEV...

Just happened across this and it's pretty nauseating, doubly so because he doesn't really have any recourse. Just reaffirms that I've made the right move avoiding anything related to MiHoYo. Hopefully enough people see this to at least get the guy some sales.

Michael Kamm@michaelkamm.games · 3mo ago

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

To think that Ask Jeeves just barely missed out on this, the moment when other search engines finally get to be relevant again. Fuck, even *Lycos* is still around.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 3mo ago

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

Finally caught the Game Changer premiere and was *not* expecting a surprise appearance from @legaleagle.tv, my favorite non-lockpicking Youtube lawyer. And I can say, with absolute, god-given certainty, that that lawyer, Devin Stone, is absolutely found among the many names listed within the ep(1/2)

Turns out, if you put a guy in cool space armor and a cute little muppet baby in a movie, that movie ends up pretty good. Shocking, I know.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

REVIEW: "THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU" 'Star Wars' comes back to theaters with weird-lil'-guy-filled one-off adventure that -refreshingly!- doesn't demand you watch (or HAVE watched!) even one extra minute of its preceding TV show or maybe even another 'Star Wars' 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=psIB...

Just noticed this person's username. Always good to have a clear indicator that you're on the right side of an issue.

three cartoon characters are standing in front of an airplane and one of them is saying " so we 're just done with phrasing right

Alt: Gif from Archer where Archer questions if the running gag of responding to unintentionally dirty sentences with "Phrasing!" is no longer in effect.

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Dark Horizons@darkhorizons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Cumming On Secret “Doomsday” Characters www.darkhorizons.com/cumming-on-s...

This review may be a touch overdue, but the film is more than worthy of your attention. Bare minimum, it's doing something precious few others are doing these days. Also @pattonoswalt.bsky.social is in it and he's just always a delight to see in anything.

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Review - "DEATHSTALKER" (2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8DB...

Hey, apparently this review got delayed due to Bob losing his voice, and time is *extremely* money when it comes to Youtube and The Algorithm so be sure to give him some clicks, he could really use a win (as could we all).

Bob Chipman ("MovieBob")@bobchipman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Review - THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (2026) youtu.be/mhbXI0VJ3NE?...

One of the most annoying things in the world (that doesn't have serious impact on people's lives) is that nobody seems to have realized that Happy Birthday to You has been public domain for a literal fucking decade. Enough with the "clever" jokes about replacements songs, JUST USE THE FUCKING SONG!

It's good to see @innuendostudios.bsky.social doing a video he seems to have enjoyed, especially after the last one. Hope he's feeling a little better (also hoping that Toonstruck might show up in one of these videos, it's criminally underrated). www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxl7...

Extremely Overdetermined Adventure Game Tier List | Part 1: Re-ranking the Top 20

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You know, it kind of just hit me that the current generation of "Youtubers" like Mr. Beast are just the return of 1950s kids' TV hosts, from before regulations banned them from directly advertising to children. And also many of them make and sell their *own* crap, along with their sponsers'.

Holy shit, Pop Arena solved the mystery of how a Youtube film critic happened to see an obscure Swedish animated film in under twenty minutes. Seriously, if you have disposable income, *join his Patreon*. www.patreon.com/posts/nick-k...

Nick Knacks: A Show By Show Retrospective of Nickelodeon - Introduction | Pop Arena

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Pop Arena@poparena.bsky.social · 5mo ago

And, in fact, the first United States airing of Voyage of Melonia I could find my my TV listing archives was a Disney Channel broadcast on January 19th, 1994.

Broke: Sam, where are you from? Woke: Sam, w̴̧̪̫̰̕ĥ̶͇̟͉͖̈́͌̊ͅȃ̴̱̥̻̦̱̆̓̅t̵̫̠̲̓̓̓̅͝'̴̬̐͒s̶͉̹̣̺̅ ̸͉̝̜̙̯͊̍̀̆̾ŷ̴͋ͅo̸̧͕͗̆ṷ̸̙̣̌̿ṟ̸̼̠͖͚̉̑̈́̕ ̸̱̙̼̻̭̿̾f̸̡͓̬̓́̽̒ḁ̵͗̇v̸͓̓̂ͅō̶̹͉̝̋̎͑̕r̶͎͙̿͜͠͝ị̷̅t̴͓̯̝̓͜ẽ̶̫̦̙̖͜͝ ̸̼̮͕͙̣̎̓̌͝͝ǐ̷͇̖̩̚d̵̡̧̙͎̮͌̃̈ê̵͇̂ͅa̴̧̳̼̮̔͒͝?̷̪̩̼͇̈̉ #Dropout www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceIc...

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared Is Coming to Dropout

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Say what you will about Nintendo, but they seem to be the only game company that knows where the *real* money is for mass media: Theme parks and merchandising. I don't know if there's room for a second Disney in the world, but they're sure trying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY1S...

My Mario – Launch Trailer

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